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GCHQ experts set out how to tackle online child sexual abuse despite end-to-end encryption | Science & Tech News
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Two senior technical directors at GCHQ, the UK’s cyber intelligence agency, have published a new paper analysing how technology companies could protect children from sexual abuse online. The impact of child sexual abuse can last a lifetime even if the abuse takes place online. Research by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse found survivors…
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Twitter and Elon Musk set for October showdown trial as it tries to force tycoon to complete $44bn takeover deal | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s bid to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him until 2023 has been rejected by a US judge who granted the social media giant a fast-track trial. The world’s richest man said he was pulling out of a deal this month to buy the tech firm for $44bn (£36.6bn), and the company is suing him…
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UK and US launch prize challenges to develop democratic tech innovations | Science & Tech News
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The British and American governments are today launching a set of prize challenges – aimed to tackle financial crime and public health emergencies – amid concerns about China’s technological advances. The challenges are based on using AI tools to examine large and potentially sensitive datasets – although synthetic financial and medical data is being used…
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Meteoroid hit has caused ‘significant uncorrectable’ damage to James Webb Space Telescope | Science & Tech News
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NASA has reported that a meteoroid hit on the James Webb Space Telescope has caused “significant uncorrectable” damage to one of the panels it uses to stare into deep space. The orbiting observatory was launched last December and recently released a full set of new observations, including what is said to be the “deepest” and…
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Russian cyber spies targeting NATO countries in new hacking campaign | Science & Tech News
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Cyber spies suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence service (SVR) are targeting NATO countries in a recent hacking campaign, according to a new industry report. The hackers are using online storage services such as Google Drive and Dropbox to avoid being detected, said cyber security company Palo Alto. The hacking attempts have included phishing…
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Amazon files lawsuit against 10,000 Facebook groups designed to create fake reviews | Science & Tech News
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Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups which attempt to orchestrate fake reviews in exchange for money or free products. The groups are set up to recruit individuals willing to post incentivised and misleading reviews on Amazon’s online stores in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,…
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Snapchat launched on web – allowing users to log on without mobile phone | Science & Tech News
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Snapchat is today launching Snapchat for Web, a browser-based app for users to access the messaging platform without picking up their phones. It will allow users – at first just Snapchat+ subscribers in the UK and elsewhere – to access the social media company’s calling and messaging features online. The company said it plans to…
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Earth’s ‘black hole police’ discover gravitational singularity near Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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An international team of astronomers known as the “black hole police” have discovered a dormant black hole located right next to the Milky Way. The team, including Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics – himself nicknamed the “black hole destroyer” – is famed throughout the astronomy community for debunking new discoveries of gravitational…